South Africa: Students claim police shot at them with live ammunition in chaotic N2 protest

‘Twelve years after the Marikana massacre, nothing has changed,” said Omhle Ntshingila from Right2Protest on Tuesday. She was testifying before the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) at an inquiry into allegations that live ammunition was used by the police and security companies during student protests in Mthatha this year.

Ntshingila said that three out of every five students who contacted the Right2Protest hotline asked for assistance after encountering police brutality and…